2026-05-18 12:15 UTC
philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making unfalsifiable claims, rather than shifting the burden of disproof to others.
The Earth appears in blue in the corner. The China teapot itself has a blue flower pattern, and is shown magnified. Mars is in red with two tiny moons. At the bottom are the symbols for the solar system: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and the extra teapot, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.⠀
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@minouette@spore.social 2026-05-18 12:15
Russell used the teapot in arguments against religion but it could be used against any dubious, outrageous claim, offered without proof. He wrote, “nobody can prove that there is not between the Earth and Mars a china teapot revolving in an elliptical orbit, but nobody thinks this sufficiently likely to be taken into account in practice.”⠀ ⠀🧵3/4